Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has recently given important instructions on Party building and organizational work. He stressed that how the CPC and the people fare makes all the difference to comprehensively building a modern socialist country in all respects and advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee has upheld and strengthened the Party's overall leadership, adhered to the principle that the Party must exercise full and rigorous self-governance, and put forward and implemented a series of new ideas, thoughts and strategies, pioneering new frontiers in the self-reform of the Party of more than 100 years old, he said. Party committees at all levels and their organization departments have thoroughly implemented the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee, closely centered around the main guideline for enforcing full and strict self-governance, taken the Party's political work as the overarching principle to do a good job in consolidating the key supporting role of theories, talent selection and appointment, solidifying foundations, and the nurturing and rallying of talents. By doing all these, they have made contributions to building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and starting a new journey to build a modern socialist country in all respects, Xi said.

Xi stressed that, in order to fulfill the Party's missions of the new era and on the new journey, there must be new responsibilities to take on and something new to achieve when it comes to Party building and organizational work. We must follow the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress, thoroughly understand the important theory of the CPC Central Committee on Party building, put into practice the general requirements for strengthening the Party for the new era and the Party's organizational line for the new era, and push forward the great new project of strengthening the Party in the new era. We must regard upholding and strengthening the centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee as the paramount principle, consider caring for the Party and defending the Party with loyalty and rejuvenating and strengthening the Party with all-out efforts as our fundamental mission, and take tackling the difficulties unique to the CPC and optimizing the system of Party self-governance as our major tasks. We should make unremitting efforts to unify the thought, will and action of the whole Party with our Party's innovative theories, and continuously cement an organizational system through which decisions and policies of top authorities can be executed effectively throughout all levels and opinions from all levels can smoothly reach top authorities. We should strive to establish a team of high-caliber officials who are capable of shouldering the important mission of achieving national rejuvenation, accelerate the efforts to build an important global center for talent and innovation, and continue to build model departments and strong teams. We should keep improving the quality of our organizational work, so as to provide solid organizational guarantee for better promoting great social transformation through the great self-reform of the Party and advancing the great cause of building China into a great country and achieving national rejuvenation.

As the Party will celebrate the 102nd anniversary of its founding on July 1, Xi, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee, extended greetings to all Party members.

The CPC's national conference on organizational work was held from June 28 to 29 in Beijing. Xi's important instructions were delivered at the meeting. Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and made a speech. Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, was present at the meeting.

Cai noted that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions have strategic insight, are of profound meaning and of great political, ideological, and instructive significance. Xi's instructions point out the way forward for carrying out the Party building and organizational work. Party members must learn and fully implement Xi's instructions.

Cai said that breakthroughs and structural changes have been achieved in Party building and organizational work in the first decade of the new era, and it is not the least because of the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, giving prominence to the significance of establishing Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

Cai said that General Secretary Xi's important thought on Party building highlights the main theme of full and strict governance over the Party. With scores of original achievements, the thought has greatly enriched and developed the Marxist theory on party building. This marks a new height in the Party's understanding of the laws governing the building of a Marxist ruling party and provides a fundamental guideline for advancing the new great project of Party building and carrying out organizational work in the new era. It is necessary to uphold and implement the thought in the long term.

Cai emphasized the need to accurately position organizational work in implementing the strategic arrangements of the 20th CPC National Congress. It is necessary to fully play the functional role of organizational work in strengthening the Party's leadership, advancing its cause, and ensuring full and rigorous governance over the Party. Efforts should be made to improve the long-term mechanism for theoretical education and training of Party members and officials, and unremittingly forge the Party's soul with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. To meet the needs of the Party and national development, it is imperative to build a high-caliber team of officials capable of shouldering the mission of national rejuvenation. With achieving greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology as a linchpin, it is essential to develop a workforce of talent for the modernization drive. Centering around high-quality development, work must be done to explore new ways of social governance and strengthen the political and organizational functions of primary-level Party organizations. All Party members must be rigorously governed to improve the well-rounded quality of the entire Party. Organization departments at all levels should work hard to build themselves into role models committed to political integrity, being fair, just and sound in professional skills and conduct. Party committees (leading Party members' groups) at all levels should strengthen their leadership over organizational work and create conditions for organization departments to do their work well.

Li Ganjie, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of its Organization Department, said in his concluding speech that it is imperative to further advance the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi's important thought on Party building, conscientiously implement General Secretary Xi's important instructions, firmly advocate the decision to establish Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and establish the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and uphold Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and uphold the Party Central Committee's authority and its centralized, unified leadership. It is necessary to continuously strengthen the key supporting role of Party's innovative theories, and optimize the work concerning the selection, training, management and appointment of officials. It is essential to nurture, introduce and put to good use the talent in an all-round manner. Efforts must be made to rigorously build strong ranks of the Party, and improve the overall effectiveness of the Party's organizational system so as to provide a strong organizational guarantee for building a great country and advancing national rejuvenation.

Leading officials from Beijing municipal government, Zhejiang Province, Sichuan Province, the Ministry of Commerce, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., and Tianjin University made speeches.

Li Shulei, Liu Jinguo, Mu Hong, and Jiang Xinzhi attended the meeting.

Also present at the meeting were members of the Central Leading Group for Party Building, leading officials of relevant provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, cities under separate state planning and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the relevant central Party and government departments, relevant people's organizations, financial institutions managed by the central government, some enterprises, universities, and relevant sectors of the military.